GHETS Holds Women and Health Taskforce Election

GHETS recently held elections for members of the Management Committee for the Women and Health Taskforce (WHTF). We would like to congratulate Judy Lewis, Mohamed Moukhyer, and Sarah Kiguli on their re-election to the committee and Hester Julie on becoming a new member. The position of chair of the committee, held by Nighat Huda, was not up for election this year. Management Committee members are asked to participate in teleconferences, help write grants, and assist in the ranking and selection of mini-grant proposals and fellowships applications. Please find below more information about the members of the Management Committee. Congratulations again! […]

GHETS Board Member Vincent Hunt, M.D. and his wife, Mary Kay Hunt, MPH, recently returned from southwestern Uganda where they spent eight weeks consulting at Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), combining their experiences in family medicine and public health research. During this time, they: reviewed curricula, identified strengths and challenges, and suggested recommendations for training generalist physicians at MUST and Makerere University; served as mentors for faculty and students; facilitated a GHETS-supported model rural community health centre/teaching partnership; worked with faculty on the design of community-based research projects; and helped four family medicine graduates complete their dissertations on […]

Thanks to funding from GHETS, program partner, Dr. Amany Refaat, recently completed her report entitled “Combating the Medicalization of Female Genital Cutting in Egypt: Steps on the Long Road for Its Eradication.” In this report, Dr. Refaat continues her fight against FGC and will be presenting her work to health researchers in Egypt. FGC is an illegal practice in Egypt that involves the mutilation of any part of the female genitalia. FGC has been performed in many cultures throughout history, yet there is no evidence as to where or for what reason this practice began. Although there has been a […]

The PROSSTRAB Program in Nicaragua continues to be a success as GHETS just received a $10,000 grant from the Conservation Food and Health Foundation! PROSSTRAB, Prómocion de la Salud y Seguridad de los Trabajadores (Promotion of Workers’ Health and Safety), aims to improve the working conditions and personal health of workers in Nicaragua. The project unites the Union Confederation of Workers “José Benito Escobar” with the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua-León. The merging of these two groups provides an outlet in which workers can be educated about workplace safety, potential work-related health risks, and overall community health. Last year, GHETS […]